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Fort Worth Artist Banks $25,000 Grant


by Stephen Becker 8 Jan 2009 12:57 PM

Kirk Hayes, Humanity, I Love You, 2008, oil & enamel on signboard Kirk Hayes, a Fort Worth painter, is the recipient of the Painters and Sculptors Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. The $25,000 prize is awarded to 25 artists and seeks to reward under-recognized talents. Hayes is represented by Conduit Gallery and has work […]
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Kirk Hayes, Humanity, I Love You, 2008, oil & enamel on signboard

Kirk Hayes, a Fort Worth painter, is the recipient of the Painters and Sculptors Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. The $25,000 prize is awarded to 25 artists and seeks to reward under-recognized talents.

Hayes is represented by Conduit Gallery and has work in the collections of the Modern Museum of Art, Fort Worth; the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; and the Austin Museum of Art the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin. In September, he will have a solo show at Conduit.

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Stephen Becker produces the shows Think and Anything You Ever Wanted to Know for KERA. As part of the Art&Seek team, Stephen produces radio and digital stories, along with the podcast "The Big Screen," with Chris Vognar, movie critic of The Dallas Morning News. View more about Stephen Becker.

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